LOL. You should be able to take a guitar as a carry on in a gig bag... or so I thought.
Thanks for this Sidivan the dude from Emirates airlines was an absolute jerk. I told him to place it in a way that it's safe. The bastard didn't help. I'll keep this gate check thing in mind now.I've worked in the airline industry for 12 years. You are allowed to carry "1 musical instrument" on the plane, so long as it fits in the compartment. At the VERY LEAST, you should be able to "gate check" the guitar, which means after they load all the luggage, they take the gate checks and put them on top. When de-planing, the gate checks are taken off first and handed to their owners.
My wife just brought back a 4' rainstick from guatemala last month and I confirmed it.
And I was just thinking about taking it with me for christmas. Glad I left it home. Is hardcase not enough for taking it on an airplane?
Looks like we've got to invest on some skb's waterproof flightcases for the guitars. that's kind of sad, but an insurance at least.
I don't want to have two cases for every guitar, an amp cover and flightcase, a 4U bag and a 4U hardcase and a 4U flightcase. I don't have room for all this stuff. Ahh, who am I fooling I don't even have a band. As Metallica would have put it "sad but true". I'm so having a band this year! Now where did I put that spandex..